Inhaltsangabe

Pagan revelry and morris dancing in the middle of a very cold winter set the scene for one of Ngaio Marsh’s most fascinating murder mysteries.

When the pesky Anna Bünz arrives at Mardian to investigate the rare survival of folk dancing still practised there, she quickly antagonizes the villagers. But Mrs Bünz is not the only source of friction - two of the other enthusiasts are also spoiling for a fight.

When the sword dancers' traditional mock beheading of the Winter Solstice becomes horribly real, Superintendent Roderick Alleyn finds himself faced with a case of great complexity and of gruesome proportions....

Kritikerstimmen

"Mrs Marsh’s work has the hallmark of the master. She is at the top of her form. Definitely first-class plus." (
Queen)

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A Man Lay Dead

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Philip Franks

Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 18 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
3

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

Scales of Justice

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Benedict Cumberbatch

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 21 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
23

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
16

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish.

5 out of 5 stars

Netter Krimi, toll gelesen!

Von
frauwirbel
Am hilfreichsten
24.09.2011

Last Ditch

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Tim Bentinck

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 23 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

0 out of 5 stars
0

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

0 out of 5 stars
0

Rickie Alleyn, son of the famed detective Roderick Alleyn had taken to the peaceful Channel Island village of Deep Cove to write his book. However, soon enough the tedium of provincial life threatens to send him packing until, that is, he finds a dead stablehand and sleepy community's world is upturned. His father is called to take proceedings into hand, but as a darker side to island life emerges, one of illegal drugs and smuggling, Rickie goes missing. Will Ngaio Marsh's stalwart detective be able to find his son in time?

The Crime at Black Dudley

An Albert Campion Mystery

Autor:
Margery Allingham

Sprecher:
David Thorpe

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 33 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

3 out of 5 stars
1

When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.

4 out of 5 stars

Ordentliche Unterhaltung. Sprecher ziemlich gut

Von
Theresia
Am hilfreichsten
23.03.2016

Surfeit of Lampreys

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Anton Lesser

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 40 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

0 out of 5 stars
0

The Lampreys revel in their eccentricity and entertain their guests with complicated charades. But when one game goes wrong and rich Uncle Gabriel is found murdered in a most grizzly manner, the only person capable of solving the crime is Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

Artists in Crime

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Benedict Cumberbatch

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 18 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
21

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
16

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model's pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed for ever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen. It's a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn. How can he believe that the woman he loves is a murderess? And yet no one can be above suspicion.

4 out of 5 stars

Klassischer Krimi mit fabelhaftem Sprecher

Von
schuker
Am hilfreichsten
11.01.2012

A Man Lay Dead

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Philip Franks

Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 18 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
3

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
3

Wealthy Sir Hubert Handesley's original and lively weekend house parties are deservedly famous. To amuse his guests, he has devised a new form of the fashionable Murder Game, in which a guest is secretly selected to commit a 'murder' in the dark, and everyone assembles to solve the crime. But when the lights go up this time, there is a real corpse....

Scales of Justice

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Benedict Cumberbatch

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 21 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
23

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
16

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
14

The lives of the inhabitants of Swevenings are disrupted only by a fierce competition to catch the Old Un, a monster trout known to dwell in a beautiful stream which winds past their homes. Then one of their small community is found brutally murdered; beside him is the freshly killed trout. Both died by violence - but Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn's murder investigation seems to be much more interested in the fish.

5 out of 5 stars

Netter Krimi, toll gelesen!

Von
frauwirbel
Am hilfreichsten
24.09.2011

Last Ditch

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Tim Bentinck

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 23 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

0 out of 5 stars
0

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

0 out of 5 stars
0

Rickie Alleyn, son of the famed detective Roderick Alleyn had taken to the peaceful Channel Island village of Deep Cove to write his book. However, soon enough the tedium of provincial life threatens to send him packing until, that is, he finds a dead stablehand and sleepy community's world is upturned. His father is called to take proceedings into hand, but as a darker side to island life emerges, one of illegal drugs and smuggling, Rickie goes missing. Will Ngaio Marsh's stalwart detective be able to find his son in time?

The Crime at Black Dudley

An Albert Campion Mystery

Autor:
Margery Allingham

Sprecher:
David Thorpe

Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 33 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

3 out of 5 stars
1

When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.

4 out of 5 stars

Ordentliche Unterhaltung. Sprecher ziemlich gut

Von
Theresia
Am hilfreichsten
23.03.2016

Surfeit of Lampreys

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Anton Lesser

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 40 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

0 out of 5 stars
0

The Lampreys revel in their eccentricity and entertain their guests with complicated charades. But when one game goes wrong and rich Uncle Gabriel is found murdered in a most grizzly manner, the only person capable of solving the crime is Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn.

Artists in Crime

Autor:
Ngaio Marsh

Sprecher:
Benedict Cumberbatch

Spieldauer: 3 Std. und 18 Min.

Gekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
21

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
16

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

It started as a student exercise, the knife under the drape, the model's pose chalked in place. But before Agatha Troy, artist and instructor, returns to the class, the pose has been re-enacted in earnest: the model is dead, fixed for ever in one of the most dramatic poses Troy has ever seen. It's a difficult case for Chief Detective Inspector Alleyn. How can he believe that the woman he loves is a murderess? And yet no one can be above suspicion.